Garter-clasp



W. E. BOWEN.

GARTER CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1920.

1,375,770. Patented Apr. 26,1921.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. BOWEN, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

GARTER-CLASZP.

Specification of Letters iatent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed. May 26, 1920. Serial No. 38,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. Bowen, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garter- Cla-sps, of which the following is a full, clear, and, exact specification.

My invention relates to garter clasps and refers particularly to resilient garter clasps.

An efiicient and effective garter clasp must have sufiicient resiliency to maintain its position upon the limb without undue discomfort to the wearer andthis resiliency may be obtained by means of either the fabric web or the clasp itself.

My invention refers to a clasp possessing sufficient resiliency to be serviceable without a resilient web.

In order that a garter may retain a hose in the desired position, the web must be maintained in an inclined position around the leg, the downward inclination being in the direction of the clasp.

It is evident, therefore, that a wire clasp depending upon the expansibility of a loop member for its resiliency, must be of such a construction that the web tension be in the longitudinal direction of the web, that this pull, or draw, of the web be uniform along its width, and that it be exerted in a direction to give the maximum resilient expansibility of the clasp loop.

The device of my invention possesses all of these desirable qualities which, with others, will be evident upon a consideration of my drawings, specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating one form of my device, similar parts are designated by similar numerals 2- Figure 1 illustrates one form of my device as applied to a leg.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of my device.

Fig. 3 is asection through the line 83 of Fig. 2 showing the engagement of the device with a hose.

In the particular form of my device, shown in the accompanying drawings, a resilient wire forms an open loop 10, 11, being extended until the two sides are parallel and practically in abutment with each other at 12, 13, then outwardly and then into a spaced parallel position 14, 15 and finally forming the convergent loop 16, 17. The end of the loop wire is bent downwardly 18 and then upwardly in spaced parallelism 19 with itself forming a fabric web receiving loop 20 for the fabric web 26.

. The loops 20 and 23 are situatedin angular. position with respect to each other, so that a divergent upward pull upon, them by the web 26 will cause an approximately equal pressure of the web 26 upon both loops, giving the loop 10, 11 a resilient expansion.

The end of the loop wire 10 is bent downwardly 21 and then upwardly in spaced paralellism 22 with itself forming a loop 23 having the loop 24. for the reception of a button 25 fastened to the other end of the web 26. Y

A band 27 encircles the wires at 12, 13. A button 28 is fixedly attached to the bent wire 29 having its extremities 30, 30 slidably attached to the wires 14, 15, allowing the insertion of the button 28 into the loop 16, 17 and its removal therefrom.

Fig. 1 illustrates the device in operative position around the leg 31, the hose 32 bemg maintained between the loop 16, 17 and the button 28.

It is evident from a consideration of the accompanying drawings and description that the resiliency of my device-is effected by a uniform pull of the web 26 upon the loops 20 and 24; in the longitudinal direction of the web and throughout its width, thus causing a resilient expansion of the loop 10 and 11 from the point of the band 27, and that this band 27 overcomes the liability of the wire breaking at the point 33, which would occur if this were the point of expansibility.

My invention, therefore, presents a new, novel and useful clasp possessing the maximum of resilient expansibility with the minimum of liability of breakage.

I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number or arrangement of parts as described and claimed, all of which may be varied without going beyond the scope of my invention as described and claimed.

What I claim is 1. In a resilient garter clasp, in combination, a wire forming an open resilient loop, an extended portion of the wire forming a means for the insertion of fabric, a member slidable over the extended portion, a button carried by the slidable member capable of insertion within the extended member forming a fabric retaining means therewith, each end of the wire forming a loop for the retention of the two ends of a web, the end loops being in angular position with respect to each other.

2. In a. resilient garter clasp, in combina tion, a wire forming an open resilient loop, an extended portion of the wire forming a means for the insertion of fabric, a ring surtention of the two ends of a web, the end loops being in angular position with respect to each other.

3. In a reslllent garter clasp, 1n comb1natlon, a wlre formlng an open resllient loop,

an extended portion of the wire forming a means for the insertion of fabric, a ring surrounding the wire between the resilient loop and the fabric insertion means, a member slidable over the extended portion, a button carried by the slidable member capable of insertion within the extended member forming a fabric retaining means therewith, one end of the Wire forming a loop for the retention of a web and the other end of the wire forming a loop for the retention of a button carried by the other end of the Web, the two end loops being in angular position with respect to each other.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 17th day of May, 1920.

WILLIAM E. BOWEN. 

